Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway

2023
TV-MA
2h 24m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

10K

YOUR RATING

Rani Mukerji in Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway (2023)

Play trailer2:48

2 Videos

26 Photos

Biography Drama

An immigrant Indian mother's battle against the Norwegian foster care system and local legal machinery to win back the custody of her children.An immigrant Indian mother's battle against the Norwegian foster care system and local legal machinery to win back the custody of her children.An immigrant Indian mother's battle against the Norwegian foster care system and local legal machinery to win back the custody of her children.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

10K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 9 wins & 3 nominations total

Trivia
Following a preview screening for invited guests shortly before this film's general release, the Norwegian ambassador to India Hans Jacob Frydenlund claimed the movie was "a work of fiction" that contained "a number of factual inaccuracies".

Ambassador Frydenlund said in a statement: "Children will never be taken away from their families [in Norway] based on cultural differences described. Eating with their hands or having children sleeping in bed with their parents are not considered practices harmful to children and are not uncommon in Norway, irrespective of cultural background."

Despite this, two of the complaints, or 'charges', leveled against Sagarika Chakraborty (upon whom the character of Mrs Chatterjee is based) by Norwegian child welfare authorities were that she hand-fed her children and 'co-slept' with them in the same bed. In particular, the authorities concerned claimed that her feeding methods amounted to a form of force-feeding.

Goofs
The name of the government institute involved, is consistently pronounced and written as "Velfred". The word the were looking for is "Velferd".

Connections
Referenced in 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024 with Gujarat Tourism (2024)

User reviews134

Review

Featured review

7/10

Mothers power

Sameer lodaya

One has to see this movie for realising the mothers actual power and what can she do for her children

What a content to watch and that too a real story a big salute to the mother who fought so wisely to get her children back in a foreign land

The direction of aashima was very sharp and have shown the audiences the real pain of a mother went through whose children were snatched away from her and how she fought to get them back

Rani played very well with her Bengali accent mixed with little English Jim was wow for his small and strong role

Some good edit was needed in first half as it was going dull but they picked up very strong the second half ..good songs were missing ..little more pain and emotions was required..a experienced and strong female actor like Supriya Pathak was needed as a lawyer

A must must must watch.